Pichilemu - Days 4 & 5 [10/07-10/08]

Our fourth day of Pichilemu was much more relaxed for me. Although we got up pretty early to check out the surf, I decided not to, since it was still really windy and I was really tired.

I did take a walk around Pichilemu to check out the town, and realized how quiet it really was. Although there are lots of houses, hardly anyone seemed to be in town, and there were hardly any people on the streets. Being in Pichilemu was super relaxing because it was so tranquilo, but I couldn't help but wonder what it would look like in the summer, packed with vacationers.


[ovens for cooking the empanadas]

On our final day, we tried to get up early to catch the bus for Santiago in the morning. And although we did get up for breakfast at 9, we didn't get served until later, and didn't finish eating until about 10. Then, we decided that we wanted some empanadas for the bus ride. The best place for empanadas in Pichilemu is a little hole-in-the-wall store that is right by the old casino. The woman who runs it was super nice, and we got fresh, oven-baked empanadas with whatever we wanted inside them! These were the best empanadas that I've had in Chile. We also bought cocadas (a pastry made of coconut, although most of the time they are macaroons, these were different) and alfajor (a pastry of two soft cookies with manjar/dulce de leche in between and covered in chocolate. Delicious treats for the ride home!